YOU can go through life for only so long smelling like a dessert topping.
— Mike Albo of the New York Times visits Le Labo looking for some sophistication. Read the rest here.
Le Labo Iris 39 ~ fragrance review
At least once a day I stand in front of my perfume cupboard and ponder what to wear. Should it be one of the small, fancy bottles of extrait? Maybe an Eau de Toilette that I have pushed to the back and forgotten? How “dressed” do I want to be? When I can’t make a decision quickly, more often than not I reach for Iris 39 by Le Labo.
I love the smell of iris but have trouble with some iris-dominated scents. Hermes Hiris, for instance, turns to dirty hair smell on me before long. Serge Lutens Iris Silver Mist, which I love wildly, also betrays me about half the time I wear it…
Le Labo, Anderson Cooper
Now, just 18 months after opening, fully half of Le Labo’s customers are men, and Rose 31 is its best-selling fragrance. What is even more surprising to Mr. Penot, as well as to others in the slow-to-change men’s fragrance market, is how one group of guys in particular, young men in their 20s, is shaking up the hidebound (and hide-scented) formulas that have held sway for decades.
— From Younger, and Faster to Pick Up the Scent in today's New York Times.
We recently revealed that Tom Ford asked Anderson to become the spokesperson for a new cologne he's creating that he wanted to name after Cooper, but Anderson turned him down. Anderson told his fashion maven mom Gloria Vanderbilt about the offer and she LIKED the idea and pushed her son to give it some more thought.
— What the world needs now: an Anderson Cooper fragrance. The quote is from Janet Charleton's Hollywood, found via TowleRoad, found via Ruth (thanks!).
Sell Nothing Day at Le Labo
As an "echo" of Buy Nothing Day, Le Labo will not sell anything at their Nolita fragrance boutique on Black Friday, November 24:
...we have decided to slow down....as Walter Hagen suggests "you are only here for a short visit. Don't hurry, don't worry, and be sure to take the time to smell the flowers along the way".
We invite everybody to come on that date for a day of workshop where you will learn more about perfume making.
(via press release from Le Labo)
Le Labo Tubereuse 40 ~ fragrance review
Tubereuse 40 is the latest release from the New York-based niche line Le Labo. It was created by perfumer Alberto Morillas, and the notes include bergamote, neroli, petitgrain, citron, rosemary, orange blossom, tuberose, rose, jasmine, mandarin, mimosa, oakmoss, benzoin, cedar, sandalwood and musk.
Tubereuse 40, like many of the fragrances in the Le Labo line, isn’t a fragrance that highlights the note in the name; in other words, this isn’t a fragrance about tuberose at all, although tuberose is one of the 40 ingredients…